Hi,

for quite a while now I have been security testing for various friends and clients (e.g. SAM file password strengths, unnecessarily open ports and User Permissions)..

However my laptop has a Broadcom Wireless card (The Drivers for Linux are a tad iffy as well) which as I found out is awful if you want to test the strength of the hex key on a wifi network...

My question is that if I was to buy an external wireless dongle to use for security HEX testing, is their a recommended brand/product or one that is better then others?

Any suggestions or recommendations on this would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

DoctorZeus

Hello,

There are many out there, but I recommend any Orinico chipset, along with the Alfa AWUS036NH, which is what I have. Works flawless for me....

Cheers,

Josh

PS - Check out my blog about how I set my chipset up if you want....

Ok thanks for the Recommendation

DoctorZeus

Just remember to do a sh*tload of research before buying any chipset, as some might work without a hitch with linux, whereas others have little to no support.

I would also recommend getting a separate AP/wrouter that you can hack to do power-level adjustments (probably cheaper than attenuator + all the associated soldering/cabling you'd need to do). This way, you can see the effects of different injection techniques at different signal strengths. Additionally, a good hackable AP/wrouter will allow you to setup a built-in 802.1x network and test LEAP attacks. Plus the requisite WPA1/WPA2 attacks you can test. And it's isolated from your normal home wireless network, so if you mess up routes, you don't get your wife/kids/parents/whomever complaining about "the internet is broken."

Just my $0.02

I have this one, it works great.